Court of Appeal dismissed the latest action by the Corporation of Hamilton against Woodmont Nursery's year-long bid to build extra classrooms at its Cedar Avenue site. ---- Page 2 BURNS VICTIM RETURNS HOME HTH AC Burns victim returns home A man who suffered horrific burns to 90 percent of his body when his oven exploded has been discharged from a top US hospital for treatment in Bermuda.

---- Page 2 MAYORS' CONFERENCE BEGINS CON Mayors' conference begins A host of international delegates, including representatives from as far away as Nigeria and Senegal, attended the opening ceremony for the World Conference of Mayors convention which kicked off yesterday. ---- Page 3 TRANSFORMATION OF SCOTT GVT Transformation of Scott Alex Scott was rubbished in all quarters when he said the United Bermuda Party was too close to the drugs trade to clean up crime. He promised the Progressive Labour Party would organise the sweep-up "from Front Street to Court Street''. ---- Page 6 RALLY BEHIND PLP: JEFFERS PTL Rally behind PLP: Jeffers The chairman of Bermuda's smallest party yesterday called for Bermudians to work together in the wake of the PLP's landslide victory. ---- Page 6 THE ART OF INFANT MASSAGE LS The art of infant massage All children need love and affection to grow into confident adults. However for many years a hands-off approach, stressing verbal communications and technology, was the way to rear a child. ---- Lifestyle, Page 11 FOOTBALL NEEDS OWN STYLE SOC Football needs own style For Bermuda soccer to progress it must adopt a specific style -- preferably similar to that played in South America. That's the educated view of Brazilian coach Thadeau Gonsalves who was here last week for a week-long coaching course held for youths under-16 at Spice Valley School. ---- Sport, Page 21 OPL ROCKED BY VOLATILITY BUC OPL rocked by volatility Record volatility for global equity markets caused more than $122 million in investment losses and a third quarter in the red for Bermuda reinsurer, Overseas Partners Ltd. And although the firm has declared net income of $219.1 million ($1.73 a share) for the first nine months to September 30, that represents a 47 percent decline in the announced income of $415.8 million ($3.17 per share) from a year ago. ---- Business, Page 25